Project Report : Alum Synthesis

had formed, they were collected by vacuum filtration and weighed. A small amount of the crystals were no weighed due to a lack of toluene with which to rinse the 50 mL Erlenmeyer flask of the last of the crystals.

Eleven mystery test tubes labeled from K-1 to K-11 contained: 6M H2SO4, 6M NH3, 6M HCl, 6M NaOH, 1M NaCl, 1M Fe(NO3)3, 1M NiSO4, 1M AgNO3, 1M KSCN, 1M Ba(NO3)2, 1M Cu(NO3)2 respectively. The contents of the test tubes were determined by chemical experiments. Solution K-1 contained NiSO4 because when solution K-9, ammonia which was identified by its pungent odor, was added, an inky dark blue color was made. Iron (Fe (NO3)3) was determined to be in test tube K-2. KSCN was found in test tube K-11 since Fe (NO3)3 and KSCN makes a bloody color when mixed together. Flame tests were conducted in which K-8

The purpose of this experiment is to study ionic reactions, to be able to write balanced equations, and to be able to write net ionic equations for precipitation reactions.

Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to observe a variety of chemical reactions and to identify patterns in the conversion of reactants into products.

Although it did take some time, when red litmus paper was placed in the solution, it changed blue in colour, therefore highlighting that hydroxide ions are present in the solution. Station four can clearly be identified as a combination (redox) reaction, as a new product is synthesised by the combination of two reactants. The reactants, calcium and water combine together to form hydrogen gas and hydroxide ions.

There were five main purposes of the maalox lab that we wanted to accomplish. This included producing two precipitates, classifying reactions, providing visual evidence on a chemical change, using pH indicators to identify bases and acids, and describing what happens during neutralization. In the lab, there were two reactions that occurred. The reaction happened when there were reactants that combined to create end products. In the first reaction, the reactants used were alum and ammonia. The products that formed were aluminum hydroxide, potassium ammonium sulfate, and ammonium sulfate. In the second reaction, the reactants were magnesium sulfate and ammonia. The products that formed from the magnesium sulfate and ammonia were ammonium sulfate and magnesium hydroxide. Overall, we were able to accomplish the five main goals of the lab and were able to identify the reactants and products in each of the reactions.

This paper is about chemical reactions and chemical reaction types. All the data gathered was from conducting multiple experiments. Each experiment was performed carefully and analyzed to obtain the necessary information for the paper. That information included the four signs of a chemical change, the rnx type, and more.

Over 2/3 of all aluminum ever created is still in use. Most of the 1/3 not still in use is aluminum cans in landfills.

The amount of soda ash needed for the experiment was calculated using the following equation: sample weight of unknown=0.1103M (18ml×150.99)/(10×2× %〖Na〗_2 〖CO〗_3 ) An analytical balance was used to weight the calculated amount of soda ash. A piece of weighing paper instead of a weighing boat was used. The mass was recorded. The weighed soda ash was transferred into a 250 mL beaker, then the sample was dissolved in approximately 70 mL of water. The pH meter and electrode was obtained, rinsed with DI water, and calibrated using pH 7 and pH 4 buffer. A burette was obtained, mounted on a ring stand, and filled with the standardized HCl solution, that was prepared in Experiment 2. Since magnetic stirring bars and stirring plates were not available, the students

Stoichiometry is a branch of chemistry which involves the study of the amount of substances which are involved in a reaction. More specifically, stoichiometry is the use of the product reactant relationship in a chemical equation to acquire a desired quantitative outcome. This process can be used to measure a variety of components in a chemical reaction such as molar ratios, molecular weights, the number of products produced in a reaction, and the quantity of the reactants which will be used in a chemical reaction. In this experiment, stoichiometry was used in order to determine the amount of aluminum needed to produce between 0.1 and 0.2 grams of copper when given copper (II) chloride in excess. However, in order to determine the amount of aluminum needed to produce between 0.1 and 0.2 grams of copper, first one must analyze the reaction which occurs between the aluminum and copper (II) chloride.

The synthesis of alum was carried out adequately as evidenced by the correct changes in the appearances of the mixtures and compounds in various stages of the synthesis process as well as the appearance of the synthesized alum (Table I). Although the weight of the alum placed in both crucibles was similar, the weight of KAl(SO4)2 in the crucibles after heating was unequal relative to the weight of the alum (Table II). A plausible cause for such disparity could be the loss of alum due to the spattering of contents observed during the initial phase of heating. The calculations used to determine the waters of hydration had a limitation because all the difference between the weight of alum and KAl(SO4)2 could only be attributed to the water lost

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The cations in both the known and unknown samples were identified by using qualitative analysis, of which were determined to be acidic, basic, or neutral by using litmus paper. Acid-base reactions, oxidation-reduction reactions, and the formation of complex ions are often used in a systematic way for either separating ions or for determining the presence of specific ions. When white precipitate formed after adding hydroxide, aluminum ion was determined to be present in the solution. However, nickel was determined to test positive when the solution changed to a hot pink color after adding a few drops of dimethylglyoxime reagent and iron was present when the solution was a reddish brown color when sodium hydroxide was added to the mixture at the very beginning of the experiment. Qualitative analysis determines that ions will undergo specific chemical reactions with certain reagents to yield observable products to detect the presence of specific ions in an aqueous solution where precipitation reactions play a major role. The qualitative analysis of ions in a mixture must add reagents that exploit the more general properties of ions to separate major groups of ions, separate major groups into subgroups with reactions that will distinguish less general properties, and add reagents that will specifically confirm the presence of individual

The table shows how Aluminum can be reused to obtain additional resources. The product weighed more than the reactant because the product is a compound of the 25 ml of sulfuric and 50 ml of potassium hydroxide plus the reactant. We found that the overall yield for the reaction 1862.44 % to be very high. This may be due to an intrinsically high reaction-efficiency, which was not expected because in order to synthesis Alum requires four separate reactions which are energy intensive and time consuming. Although Aluminum is the most abundant metal found in the earth's crust is never found in the free elemental state in nature less energy intensive methods should be developed.

Abstract—Al2O3 reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites give advanced mechanical & physical properties. They have voluminous applications in automobile, aerospace, defense, sports, electronics, bio-medical and other industrial fields. Various manufacturing techniques like stir casting, ultra-sonic assisted casting, compo-casting, powder metallurgy, liquid infiltration are used for the production of the aluminium matrix composites. These composites reveal advanced physical and mechanical properties like lower density, low coefficient of thermal expansion, good corrosion resistance, high tensile strength, high stiffness, high hardness and wear resistance. Our paper reviews the characterization of mechanical properties like tensile strength, hardness with production route of casting for aluminium matrix- Al2O3 composites. Al2O3 agglomeration along with the increasing volume percentage is still a challenging task in composites materials manufacturing. 0.5% by weight of pure magnesium powder is used as wetting agent. Process parameters are optimized for the stir casting process of aluminium composite. Tensile and hardness test microstructure study was performed to find the deviation from the aluminium alloy.